Kevin Durant gets best of Westbrook as Warriors rout Thunder
Midway through the third quarter Wednesday night, Russell Westbrook crossed over his defender, took a giant stride into the key and launched past Kevin Durant for a vicious one-handed slam. "Don't jump," Westbrook told Durant upon landing, his first words to his former teammate since a certain text message surfaced in his iPhone inbox July 4. Moments later, Durant answered with a wide-open three-pointer. The seven-time NBA All-Star poured in 40 points on only 16 shots and added 12 rebounds, four assists and three blocks as Golden State cruised to a 121-100 rout of Oklahoma City. "He's probably not going to win the MVP because there are a lot of people out there who are playing extremely well," Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said of Durant. Wednesday's lopsided result was hardly for a lack of effort from Westbrook, who finished with his 21st triple-double of the season (27 points, 15 rebounds, 13 assists) in his 44th game. [...] he was nagged by a wave of double-teams and shot 8-for-23 from the field (1-for-6 from three-point range). In the six-plus months since Durant informed Westbrook in that text message that he was leaving for the team that had ousted the Thunder from the...
The above link leads to an external page. Warriors Central has no control over its contents.
Trending News
-
Yahoo! Sports • April 20
-
Yahoo! Sports • April 20
-
Yahoo! Sports • April 24
-
Sporting News • April 20
-
Yahoo! Sports • April 22
-
Yahoo! Sports • April 23